a baseball card celebration of the dodgers and the infield of my youth.

28 December 2009

a retread dick allen photo and the cards that should have been!

as i mentioned the other day, rich (dick) allen spent just one year with the dodgers. his 1971 topps base card was, at one time, my collecting white whale, and it was/is glorious. there are probably less than half a dozen cards that show allen as a member of the dodgers, so it is a shame that topps portrayed him as a member of the white sox on his 1972 card. sure, he had been traded in december of 1971, and sure, topps put tommy john in the set as a dodger so things evened out that way, but as a dodger fan i am still disappointed. adding to that disappointment is that topps used the same photo of allen in a phillies jersey on his 1970 card. so, i decided to create my own cards. here is the 1972 topps card that should have been:

i used a photo from a team issued postcard for this card. i also went with 'rich' instead of 'dick' since that's what his actual topps card had. but, for the next card that should have been, i went with 'dick'.

let's trade

click it - you will be rewarded! for trading, not clicking.

let's trade, part 2

i collect dodgers cards, any and all cards featuring steve garvey, ron cey, dave lopes or bill russell, all topps cards of the players who were featured in the 1978 topps set as dodgers, cards featuring dodger stadium, o-pee-chee variations, cards showing memorial patches and/or armbands, and cards showing the double play turn at second base. i am also currently working on my 1971 topps set. i have a lot of cards to trade!